Senior Pilot Plant Research Engineer

Aimlroles; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering seeks a Senior Research Engineer to manage an industry-funded program in lab and pilot-scale separations. The role includes coordinating a technical staff, developing research plans, and upgrading PSTC facilities for advanced distillation, extraction, and absorption projects.

The candidate will secure funding, guide graduate and undergraduate researchers, and publish results while ensuring safe operations and compliance with UT

Qualifications

• MSc degree in chemical engineering or related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of professional experience
• Experience in lab or pilot scale distillation, and/or other separation processes
• Experience working in a dynamic environment with changing priorities
• Experience interacting with federal and industry project sponsors and stakeholders, and/or other customers
• Experience securing support and funding for research projects

Responsibilities

• Supervise technical staff of the pilot plant, including one process engineer, one instrumentation technician, and one mechanical technician
• Develop original proposals to utilize the pilot plant to conduct research on industrial separations including distillation, liquid/liquid extraction, and absorption. Solicit and obtain industrial and government funding for these proposals.
• Develop and Implement research plans on pilot plant. Participate and ensure experimental operations are conducted in a safe manner.
• The PSTC is upgrading their experimental facilities which includes replacing existing equipment with upgraded equipment. Responsibilities will include specifying new equipment, preparing drawings, identifying equipment suppliers and fabricators and procurement of equipment.
• Keep up to date with the latest pilot plant instrumentation and process control technologies. Implement and assist in utilizing the latest technologies to improve plant safety and monitoring. Keep up to date on the latest extraction, distillation and carbon dioxide absorption/stripping technologies.
• Analyze data and prepare reports on research projects
• Prepare proposals, secure funding and equipment donations to enhance pilot plant capabilities.
• Provide support for and supervision of graduate and undergraduate student researchers participating in the PSTC activities.
• Prepare and submit publications to scientific and trade journals, provide technical presentations at conferences
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

MSc in chemical engineering

PhD in chemical engineering

Job description

University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering seeks a Senior Research Engineer to manage an industry-funded program in lab and pilot-scale separations. The role includes coordinating a technical staff, developing research plans, and upgrading PSTC facilities for advanced distillation, extraction, and absorption projects.

The candidate will secure funding, guide graduate and undergraduate researchers, and publish results while ensuring safe operations and compliance with UT